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Summary: I've got the original Galaxy Gear, and also a Note 4 international (in The Netherlands). The Gear is not rooted. The Note 4 is rooted, but only for Titanium Backup purposes. I've got everything connected and set up and all works properly, except automatic unlocking!
Set-up: I set up my phone to work without locking. Rebooted the phone and the gear. Then I set up automatic unlocking when the gear is near, in the gear manager. It asks me a pattern (twice) and a PIN (twice) and the switch gets "on".
Problem: From now on my phone is always locked, and always asking for a pattern. This is different from my same set-up with an S5, where the phone neatly only requires a swipe when near with my gear (no rhyme intended) and only asks for a pattern when the gear is off or away.
I tried:Reinstalling Gear Manager from scratch. Resetting Gear to factory settings. Clearing all data from Gear software from Titanium. Clearing/deleting all connections in BlueTooth. Reinstalling/geconfiguring Gear Manager, connection, Gear, phone. Disabling all locking on phone. Rebooting both phone and Gear between each step mentoined. Searched the internet/forums for suggestions, nothing found (most people experience the Note NOT locking íf they have any problems at all). Saw somewhere people in forums mentioning needing to put the phone on top of the watch touching it (some proximity issue): I tried that touching it EVERYWHERE on the phone, but this also did nothing. Nothing of this worked, all resulting to the same problem.
Not tried: Complete reflash to factory of phone........not wanting to do that.
Question: Are there any people here with similar issues and maybe (hopefully!) suggestions to fix it? It's really annoying to have to unlock my phone all the time!
Hi,
I'm also having the same problem! Still looking for a fix as well....
mvdhnl said:
Summary: I've got the original Galaxy Gear, and also a Note 4 international (in The Netherlands). The Gear is not rooted. The Note 4 is rooted, but only for Titanium Backup purposes. I've got everything connected and set up and all works properly, except automatic unlocking!
Set-up: I set up my phone to work without locking. Rebooted the phone and the gear. Then I set up automatic unlocking when the gear is near, in the gear manager. It asks me a pattern (twice) and a PIN (twice) and the switch gets "on".
Problem: From now on my phone is always locked, and always asking for a pattern. This is different from my same set-up with an S5, where the phone neatly only requires a swipe when near with my gear (no rhyme intended) and only asks for a pattern when the gear is off or away.
I tried:Reinstalling Gear Manager from scratch. Resetting Gear to factory settings. Clearing all data from Gear software from Titanium. Clearing/deleting all connections in BlueTooth. Reinstalling/geconfiguring Gear Manager, connection, Gear, phone. Disabling all locking on phone. Rebooting both phone and Gear between each step mentoined. Searched the internet/forums for suggestions, nothing found (most people experience the Note NOT locking íf they have any problems at all). Saw somewhere people in forums mentioning needing to put the phone on top of the watch touching it (some proximity issue): I tried that touching it EVERYWHERE on the phone, but this also did nothing. Nothing of this worked, all resulting to the same problem.
Not tried: Complete reflash to factory of phone........not wanting to do that.
Question: Are there any people here with similar issues and maybe (hopefully!) suggestions to fix it? It's really annoying to have to unlock my phone all the time!
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sib0rg said:
Hi,
I'm also having the same problem! Still looking for a fix as well....
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Mee three
Which version of the os are you running on the gear? The original or the new tizen version? That might be the issue of you didn't upgrade the watch to the new version that the gear 2 is using.
anyone find a solution yet? I am running the stock android on the gear (don't want to update to tizen - as I like my side loaded apps)
those with the tizen update installed is the auto unlock working for you?
I have also noticed the e-mail notifications are not coming to the gear from the Note 4 either. With my Note II everything worked/works great (running android 4.4.2). The Note 4 running 4.4.4 doesn't , so it's not a problem with the gear.
thanks,
Kit
Just got this watch. I had the Moto 360 before, it worked fine.
This doesn't want to stay connected. I have to reset the watch, uninstall Android Wear and re-install it, then it'll connect once. After that, it disconnects and won't connect again. So notifications, syncing, weather, etc don't work.
Looking at my phone in Android Wear it just says Connecting.... on the watch, it says disconnected. Going into Bluetooth settings doesn't do a damn thing either.
Try Bluetooth Auto Connect from Playstore, it´s working for me on a Note3 with Omega Rom
Thanks for the reply. I managed to sort it out... I missed the step to click "trust device" during the initial set up. I didn't realize that was a necessary step for the watch to stay connected. You'd think it'd just do it automatically.
I don´t know, if it´s automatic, but i have the function with klicking on "trust device", no change, only the "Blutetoot Auto Connect" app is working.
This piece of crap is doing it again. Once its been disconnected, it won't connect again without complelety startinh over and resetting everything.
I'll check out that app.
You know, people can bash apple all they want, but at least their **** actually works properly.
Hasn't happened in a while, but if mine won't connect I just go to the android wear app and disconnect the Zenwatch then connect again. Works every time...
Tried that, many times.. never works. That app doesn't work either.
Well this is a serious problem I've had the watch for about six weeks now it took awhile to get initial set up to begin with I was at the point to return it on the first day , then I don't know how but it just paired and started working fine , I was very happy until today turned the watch on it wasn't paired and I've literally been trying for hours to get this chit to connect with no luck I've reset it ,tried the app mentioned above no luck at this point I give up I bough it at best buy but I'm past the return period I'm going to try and find some customer service rep ,at this point I give up trying to get the watch to work,if anyone knows of a customer service phone number I would greatly appreciate it , or if anyone here has any helpful information , ,I'm pretty tech wavy. But I surrender at this point what a shame I really liked the watch but the aggravation factor is to much ,sorry for the.long rant but there's no where else to vent or look for help maybe together as a group we can find some answers again any help would be greatly appreciated......
did you forget the watch in your phones Bluetooth settings?
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did you forget the watch in your phones Bluetooth settings?
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Thank's for replying but yes I've tried everything under the sun , just got home from work , going to see if I can't find a customer service number , if I can't get it resolved by the weekend I might as well throw 200$ in the Trash because That's where it's Going ....................:crying:
Go to settings / apps on your phone. Find google play services under running apps. See if device connection service is running. If not try rebooting your phone then the watch in that order and try to pair. You could also check if there is an update for play services and update if there is.
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Same issue here, boxing up my ZenWatch and bringing it back to Best Buy today. Still within the 15 days. I really like the watch but these random disconnects are a killer. Most of the time it auto-reconnects but every now and then I have to reboot everything--which is kinda ridiculous if I'm out running.
At least I'll have a different watch with everything else the same for comparison sake and report back.
Have you tried uninstalling zenwatch manager? Mine started disconnecting after the last update, and uninstalling seems to have fixed my issue
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I had the same problem I think the update from google services broke it.
unpair the watch from your phone then factory reset the watch and this is IMPORTANT pair your watch using "android wear" NOT the Bluetooth from the system phone
after I paired my watch using Android Wear now the watch stay connected and reconnect normally
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I had the same problem I think the update from google services broke it.
unpair the watch from your phone then factory reset the watch and this is IMPORTANT pair your watch using "android wear" NOT the Bluetooth from the system phone
after I paired my watch using Android Wear now the watch stay connected and reconnect normally
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After half a day working this seems to be the solution, thanks. :good:
Bad luck: two days later same problem persists (frequently disconnecting)
I am getting pretty tired of my Zenwatch not staying connected either. $200 is a lot of money for a watch that doesn't work right. It's had three or four updates since I bought it and it still sucks, should have sent it back the first week.
The Google nag to enable Google Now in the Android Wear screen is also a sore spot with me, if I wanted it enabled it would be enabled.
This whole "wearables" thing seems to be a poorly executed fad more than anything else, one that I'll be avoiding from here on out.
why would you have a watch that relies so heavily on google now and not enable it? connection has been just fine for me no several phones and software versions since I got it in January
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why would you have a watch that relies so heavily on google now and not enable it? connection has been just fine for me no several phones and software versions since I got it in January
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Same here. I mean, it has disconnected maybe 3 times since I got it in November, but it hasn't been a big issue. Toggling BT on the phone reconnected it. I also agree with you about Google Now. It's central to how Wear works. Using a Wear device without Now would be like buying a car and trying to drive it without starting the engine.
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why would you have a watch that relies so heavily on google now and not enable it? connection has been just fine for me no several phones and software versions since I got it in January
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You don't need Google now to benefit from owning this watch.
1. I like the ability to change watch faces and create my own with Watchmaker.
2. I can answer or dismiss a call from the watch.
3. Text and email notifications.
That's all I care about, anything else is an unnecessary distraction.
Since i upgraded my s7 to Nougat, my Smartwatch 3 has failed to stay connected to the phone. Most of the time it refuses to connect at all.
Ive googled for days now, trying all of the usual stuff including clearing the bluetooth cache and wiping the system cache, unpairing the watch, safe mode, forgetting the watch and repairing, removing android wear.
The setup starts working and then during the sync stage, i start getting the bluetooth share has failed message several times although most apps seem to sync eg watchmaker pro and strava.
My question is should the Smartwatch 3 still work correctly with my phone even though the phone is on Android 7.0 and the phone is on 6.0?
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Andy
My SW3 works great with my HTC 10 running Nougat.
Have you tried doing a factory reset on the watch?
That was going to be my last resort!
Think I may be there though
Thanks,
Andy
Just completed a full reset. Paired first time but crashed several times with bluetooth share has failed.
Failed to complete and no longer connects
I'm also on 7.0 and no problem at all. Maybe is something wrong with your BT from S7, unfortunately I have to tell you to try try factory on the phone, if you can't find out. Samsung for me have strange way of using there BT connections maybe this is why.
Hope I'm not starting any flame but.... that's why I'm on HTC (and not only), Samsung (S4 and S5) phone several times have blocked my car BT system...
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Thanks for the feedback. I have done a factory reset and it made no difference, but maybe it is a Samsung issue as nobody with an S7 has indicated they are using an SW3 with nougat.
burleanu said:
I'm also on 7.0 and no problem at all. Maybe is something wrong with your BT from S7, unfortunately I have to tell you to try try factory on the phone, if you can't find out. Samsung for me have strange way of using there BT connections maybe this is why.
Hope I'm not starting any flame but.... that's why I'm on HTC (and not only), Samsung (S4 and S5) phone several times have blocked my car BT system...
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I'm having same issues. Updated S7 edge to Nougat last week and everything running fine until SW3 ceased connecting today. Tried everything other than factory reset on phone and cannot get connection to SW3.
Mine has started working after a month of failing.
It's been connected for a couple of days without any disconnections.
The latest attempt was no different to any others.....
I switched off the watch, wiped the system cache, restarted the phone and watch and lt connected.
I left it alone as apps started to sync and there were some bluetooth share has stopped messages but everything works!
try this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/help/bluetooth-off-t3572982
andyshandyman said:
Since i upgraded my s7 to Nougat, my Smartwatch 3 has failed to stay connected to the phone. Most of the time it refuses to connect at all.
Ive googled for days now, trying all of the usual stuff including clearing the bluetooth cache and wiping the system cache, unpairing the watch, safe mode, forgetting the watch and repairing, removing android wear.
The setup starts working and then during the sync stage, i start getting the bluetooth share has failed message several times although most apps seem to sync eg watchmaker pro and strava.
My question is should the Smartwatch 3 still work correctly with my phone even though the phone is on Android 7.0 and the phone is on 6.0?
Thanks
Andy
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If you use in the phone the option "deep kill all apps" in recen menus... you will have sync problem... It happend me with my op3...
I have similar problem with my S7. It works fine with bt connection as long as i connect the watch over wifi. Then no more bt connection is established, only wifi. Turning off wifi makes the watch permanently offline.
Very annoying as my watch can't sync when outside my wifi range.
Any solution so far?
I had my Huawei watch 1 working with Android Wear 2 on my iPhone 7+ working for several months with iOS10. However, as soon as I upgrade to iOS 11 I realised that my Huawei Watch was not connected to my iPhone but still connected to and working on my wifi. Having tried unsuccessfully many times to pair the watch and phone I decided to reset the watch and reinstall AW2. BIG MISTAKE.
Although I reset ok and AW2 asking me if I want to pair with my watch, every time pairing fails. I have gone to Blue tooth and told it to forget the Huawei watch, which it does and I then start again. However after more than 20 unsuccessful attempts, I conclude that there is an issue between iOS11 and the watch & AW2. The Watch now will only function in settings and is now useless, unless and until the three separate organisations get their act together and resolve the conflict.
Any thoughts or suggestions or experience to share before I buy a new (Apple?) watch
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Hi, I am also having trouble, but it is getting better. I don't think ios 11 is the problem as I was running my Huawei with aw 2.0 on my iPhone 6 after updating to 11. Everything was as it was on ios 10. Then, a few days later I got the iPhone 8 plus and everything fell apart. The BT connection has been very unreliable. I could actually watch the connection rapidly connect and then disconnect over and over on the AW app and my phone settings. I also lost Google Assistant and the Play Store. Today has been much better. BT connection stable all day and GA is back, but I still can't connect to the Play Store. Have you found any answers?
Factory reset helped me.
Same thing here, updated to iOS 11 and it was working, but after a day it got disconnected and never re-connected, trying a factory reset did nothing, could not reconnect.
Same with me. I thought it was working after I've updated the IOS to 11, but after a day, my watch refuse to connect to the IPhone7. Watch's Bluetooth kept on toggling off automatically.
Can anyone confirm the Factory Reset (watch) solve the problem?
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Factory reset helped me.
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Yep, can’t connect anymore...
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tamaamd64 said:
Same with me. I thought it was working after I've updated the IOS to 11, but after a day, my watch refuse to connect to the IPhone7. Watch's Bluetooth kept on toggling off automatically.
Can anyone confirm the Factory Reset (watch) solve the problem?
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No!
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Same problem. Dying to get the solution... For now, I am trying to downgrade my iphone to 10.3.3
If I watch Bluetooth settings it’s getting connected but after 30 seconds it gets disconnected and on and on...
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I can confirm it’s working after manually turning off and then on wifi and Bluetooth in Iphone settings. If you do it in control centre it won’t work. Only manually in settings! Hope it helps anyone...
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I've had the same issue as you guys. It worked on the IPhone8 for a couple hours then disconnected. I couldn't even get it to pair after that. I spent a couple hours at an apple genius bar today. While there ios 11.0.1 dropped. I installed and could pair my phone to the watch but it quickly started having issues. It was constantly connecting and disconnecting. They asked if they could have my phone to send in and have the logs checked. I agreed and they gave me a new phone. Hopefully this helps them fix the issue in a future update.
I'm having the same issue with a Fossil Q Founder 2.0, so this seems to be a larger iOS 11 / Android Wear compatibility problem and not hardware-specific. It was working fine on iOS 10, but as soon as I upgraded to 11, the watch was having issues staying connected (which in turn drained the watch battery very quickly). I had the same idea as above, and tried factory resetting the watch - now I can't get it to connect at all.
I signed up for a beta software profile on the iPhone. I received ios 11.1 beta today and immediately installed. My watch is presently paired and receiving updates ?
Edit: It only stayed connected for ~half hour. I just submitted a detailed report to Apple through their feedback app.
My theory is that iOS is killing/hibernating/sleeping the Android Wear app after some time in the background.
What I'm doing:
- review the connectivity from time to time
- if it is not working:
, manually kill the Android Wear app, open it again and, from the card in the watch, start the resync process.
Some extra information: Moto 360 2nd gen + iPhone 6 with iOS 11.0.1
In addition to this, the application on the iPhone is constantly active in the background and will kill the battery in a few hours.
ip 7 plus + huawei watch 2
I have a Nixon Mission and after upgrade to iOS 11.0 (iPhone7) I have also lost connection. I did a factory reset that worked for about half an hour... I also tried with iOS 11.0.1 and the **** is the same.
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I have a Nixon Mission and after upgrade to iOS 11.0 (iPhone7) I have also lost connection. I did a factory reset that worked for about half an hour... I also tried with iOS 11.0.1 and the **** is the same.
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Same here. Reset watch and now can't connect at all. Interestingly it doesn't show up as a device in Bluetooth settings to forget
And another one here. I haven't tried a factory reset, just in case I can't reconnect. But nothing I do seems to fix the problem. After the iOS11 upgrade my watch was initially connecting ok, but now it won't. I've rebooted both devices, toggled airplane mode, wifi, bluetooth, killed Android Wear app (iOS), etc. Nothing seems to work.
Well guys I sold my Huawei watch and got a series 3 Apple watch. All I can say is watch os4 is miles ahead of Android wear 2.0. I've been on Android since the inception of the smartphone. This is my first iPhone and I'm learning to really love it. Android is in the same ballpark in the phone arena. As for the watch department, android is not even in the same universe. Android does offer way better selection and style, but software pffft. I hope Apple fixes the issue quickly for you guys. I've gave them lots of information and logs through their beta program, hopefully it helps. RIP Huawei watch ?
Hi!!! had the same problem.. i put my phone on airplane mode a couple of seconds.. (to get wifi and bluetooth off) and the disabled airplane mode... and instantly reconnected to my huawei watch,
Hope this helps.
Anyone figured this out yet??
I have an iPhone 6s and running iOS 11.1 beta 2. I did a factory reset on the watch and the setup screen would show the watch but when I select it, it says cannot pair. I cannot connect to it at all! This happened when I was on the stable release of iOS 11 too just in case you are going to say it’s brcause I’m using a beta version of iOS. Thanks in advance!!
With latest firmware and lates android wear update everything works as it should. Cheers b.
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I've been having wifi and Bluetooth issues since February update. Bluetooth keeps giving the message "Bluetooth keeps stopping" or something like that and won't connect to anything or stay on for that matter. When this happens wifi also goes. If I go in in clear Bluetooth cache and storage then reset my phone 50% of the time it will work after the reset but fail again shortly after connecting to a Bluetooth device or turning it on. Does anyone have suggestions on what I can do. I am rooted and bootloader unlocked. Is there a way to factory reset without losing all my internal storage. I have way too much stuff on my phone to lose it all. Thanks in advance.
I would use Titanium backup to backup the apps and their content. Then, do the factory reset.
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You can also connect a USB-c drive and copy to it any important files you may have. I got one with 256 Gb from Amazon some time back for about $50. I regularly copy to it my important files. My pics are automatically uploaded to my Google cloud.
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I've been having wifi and Bluetooth issues since February update. Bluetooth keeps giving the message "Bluetooth keeps stopping" or something like that and won't connect to anything or stay on for that matter. When this happens wifi also goes. If I go in in clear Bluetooth cache and storage then reset my phone 50% of the time it will work after the reset but fail again shortly after connecting to a Bluetooth device or turning it on. Does anyone have suggestions on what I can do. I am rooted and bootloader unlocked. Is there a way to factory reset without losing all my internal storage. I have way too much stuff on my phone to lose it all. Thanks in advance.
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No. By definition, a factory reset is wiping your /data/media folder. Have you tried resetting your network (WiFi,mobile & Bluetooth) under reset options? Often times there is just no substitute for a clean install (flashing a full factory image, not just a factory reset). If you just factory reset, your problem may not be resolved. Since you are rooted there are many backup options. TiBu is one of the best. I think you'd be surprised how quickly you will be back up and running. ADB/Fastboot binaries were updated recently, so make sure you refresh those before starting.
Well completely wiped and reset up after about 15 with Bluetooth on it started again....any other suggestions
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Well completely wiped and reset up after about 15 with Bluetooth on it started again....any other suggestions
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Try starting the phone in safe mode to rule out a conflicting app. If you can confirm it happens in safe mode -and- you have fastboot flashed a full factory image (not just factory reset) and the problem still persists you may have a hardware issue and now have done enough testing for an RMA.
Every thing was great until I connected my pixel buds ....i was playing music for over an hour on a Bluetooth speaker and no problems.....went to mow grass with pixel buds and not even 15 minutes Bluetooth and wifi force closing
Been back and forth with Google and sent in bug reports, they sent me an email asking for all kinds of phone info , my name , address, and such.....they haven't got back to me yet after I sent in that info....what does it usually mean .
They seem to think it is hardware related from the bug report. I've had the phone since November.
They gave me an option to have a replacement sent to me to swap but want to put a credit hold on a debit card. I've been screwed by Google before when I traded a brand new Galaxy s8 plus still in the factory plastic and not used. They told me I sent them an LG with a cracked screen and I was not given any credit towards my pixel 2xl...the trade towards my 3xl went smoothly but I took pics and a long video of it being boxed and mailed. Seems shady with the credit hold...anyone got any input. The only other option they gave me was to send it in for repair and would take 10 business days and I have no backup phone
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They gave me an option to have a replacement sent to me to swap but want to put a credit hold on a debit card. I've been screwed by Google before when I traded a brand new Galaxy s8 plus still in the factory plastic and not used. They told me I sent them an LG with a cracked screen and I was not given any credit towards my pixel 2xl...the trade towards my 3xl went smoothly but I took pics and a long video of it being boxed and mailed. Seems shady with the credit hold...anyone got any input. The only other option they gave me was to send it in for repair and would take 10 business days and I have no backup phone
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A card hold is just that, nothing more. Many companies do it. It disappears as soon as your old phone is received. Wait for the new phone to come, use data transfer feature to setup your new phone, and then return the old one.